Akademie Versailles 2024 Vocal class
Chantal Santon Jeffery
Chantal Santon Jeffery is acclaimed as one of the most accomplished French sopranos of the present day.
As comfortable in the miniature of a consort song as in the lyric romantic repertoire, she has embodied numerous roles in the opera.
She has been invited to sing with such prestigious orchestras as Le Concert Spirituel, Les Talens Lyriques, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, I Barocchisti, Les Ambassadeurs, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Les Siècles, Opera Fuoco, the Brussels Philharmonic, Pygmalion, the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
PROGRAMME
vocal repertory of the 17th and 18th century
CONTENT
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- individual classes of solo singing
- expand the knowledge of Baroque style, ornamentation, technique, phrasing and repertoire
- practical training of the specifics of Baroque music
- intensive all-day training program
- final performance by the participants
- possibility of attendance as an auditor for the duration of the masterclass
Chantal Santon Jeffery is acclaimed as one of the most accomplished French sopranos of the present day.
As comfortable in the miniature of a consort song as in the lyric romantic repertoire, she has embodied numerous roles in the opera, from Mozart (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Fiordiligi, the Countess Almaviva, Sandrina) to the contemporary repertoire (a unanimous press praised her Lolo Ferrari in the opera of the same name) including Britten (the Governess in Lille Opera’s The Turn of the Screw), Campra (Herminie in Tancrède), Gassman (Stonatrilla in L’opera seria), Purcell (King Arthur, Dido and Aeneas), Bizet (Frasquita in Carmen at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées), Hervé (Mélusine in Les chevaliers de la table ronde), Boismortier (Altisidore in Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse), Haydn (the title role of Armida), Rameau (La Gloire in Le temple de la Gloire in Berkeley).
She has been invited to sing with such prestigious orchestras as Le Concert Spirituel, Les Talens Lyriques, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, I Barocchisti, Les Ambassadeurs, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Les Siècles, Opera Fuoco, the Brussels Philharmonic, Pygmalion, the Hong Kong Philharmonic. She has recently performed in prestigious venues in Europe, America, and in Asia.
Among her many recordings (more than 50) are Baroque, Classical, and Romantic French operas and oratorios (often supported by the Fondation Bru and the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles) but also works by Mozart, Martinez, Stradella, Da Gagliano, Purcell, J. Ch. Bach etc.
Recent releases: “Brillez, astres nouveaux!”, a recital of French Baroque opera arias with the Orfeo Orchestra, under the baton of György Vashegyi; Maître Peronilla by Offenbach (in the role of Alvarès) with the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Markus Poschner; Jephté by Montéclair (in the role of Iphise) and Dardanus by Rameau (in the role of Venus), again with the Orfeo Orchestra.
NOTE
The masterclasses are aimed at students of music conservatories and universities, professionals and pedagogues.
An accompanist will be provided in the vocal class.
The classes are taught through English.
The pitch is 415 Hz (A’).
Akademie Versailles is an international educational project aimed at the interpretation of French Baroque music and its period performance practice. The project is organized by Collegium Marianum in collaboration with the Prague Conservatoire, the French Institute in Prague and the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CMBV). It is part of a long-term partnership between the Summer Festivities of Early Music in Prague and the CMBV, whose task it is to preserve and promote French Baroque music.
Registration in online and free of charge.
Each applicant must supply the following with their application form*:
An audio or video recording of two Baroque compositions (movements) in contrasting tempos:
- One piece (movement) by a French composer
- One piece of one’s own choice (not necessarily by a French author)
Professional-quality recording is not requisite for the purpose of the application. Please upload recordings in one of the following formats with the on-line application form: wav, mp3, mp4, mov, or avi.
* Active participants of any previous edition of the Akademie Versailles (2020–2023) are not obliged to attach the recording.
Akademie Versailles 2023
Organised by
Collegium Marianum – Týnská škola
as an additional program of the Summer Festivities of Early Music international music festival
with the participation of The Municipal District of Prague 1
and in collaboration with the French Institute in Prague
